Lo Hesse by Hanns Holdt

Hanns Holdt :: German dancer Lo Hesse. German postcard by Verlag Hans Dursthoff, Berlin, nº 1151. Collection Didier Hanson.

«Lo Hesse was active in Munich and Berlin between 1916 and 1920. Her dances relied heavily on extravagantly exotic costumes designed mostly by the German expressionist artist Walter Schnackenberg.»

Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime 'Maskerade' (Lo Hesse), plate # 9, ca. 1920. | src 1st dibs
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Maskerade’ (Lo Hesse), plate # 9, ca. 1920. | src 1st dibs

Girl at the Cliff House · postcard

Detail from a postcard featuring a girl at the beach with the Victorian Cliff House (San Francisco) between 1896-1907
Postcard featuring a girl at the beach with the Victorian Cliff House (San Francisco) before the fire of 1907 | src cliff-house-project
Victorian Cliff House, San Francisco, vintage postcard. Between 1896- Sept. 1907 | src cliff-house-project